Saturday, August 17, 2024 | 11 a.m. Mineral and Rock Identification | 2 p.m. Conversation about minerals, research, and collection
All the way from the American Museum of Natural History in New York, New York, the Peoria Riverfront Museum is thrilled to be hosting two of the American Museum of Natural History's curators! Denton Ebel, curator in charge of the department of Earth and Planetary Science and chair of the division of Physical Sciences and Kate Kiseeva, assistant curator of the division of Physical Sciences.
These two exemplary scientific minds will be on-hand to identify rocks and minerals from our local community! If you think that you have a meteor, an otherwise special or significant mineral, but haven't had it identified, now is the time! Join us in the museum lobby at 11 a.m. on Saturday, August 17, 2024 for a rock and mineral identification with Ebel and Kiseeva.
Then, join us at 2 p.m. in our Giant Screen Theater for a talk with both curators on minerals, research and collecting.
Reserve your free ticket HERE
Dr. Denton Ebel serves as the curator of the American Museum of Natural History's meteorite collection. He uses this collection to better understand early solar system processes such as planet formation. Part of their mission is to make meteorite samples available for research by sciences across the world! Ebel considers collections-based research vital to the exploration of space and a better understanding of our origins.
Dr. Kate Kiseeva Kate Kiseeva is an experimental petrologist and mineralogist with a strong background in geology and geochemistry who studies processes that occur so deep within the Earth that they cannot be observed directly. Dr. Kiseeva uses laboratory experiments and natural samples to explore these otherwise hidden processes, with a focus on mineral inclusions in diamonds brought to the surface by a special type of volcano known as a kimberlite.
Generous Support for this program provided by Visionary Society and Planetarium and Science Club
